Worst act you have seen at the festival

[Spindles]

Madness were a huge amount of fun when they played in 2009 and the crowd seemed well up for it, last year it just seemed to fall flat to me.

[clarkete]

The ac/dc bit was pretty surreal, the rest we quite enjoyed. 

But then, it wasn't raining and they played songs I liked, so my bar was achievable.

 

[Quark]

They were definitely better in 09. They were missing something without Chas on backing vocals and trumpet, definitely adds an extra layer of sound. The highway to hell bit was shite, and as much as I've always loved them it just never feels like anything more than you've seen from them before.

[Amy Lawn]

I was absolutely gutted not to go in 2011 because Paul Simon and Beyonce were playing. Only saw a couple of Paul Simon songs on the TV, but it looked really good, always surprised that seemingly everybody didn't like it. I finally got to see him live in November, and it was comfortably one of the best gigs I've been to.

[Winslow Leach]

Madness had a very strange set list last year. Seemed like all the massive bangers that would get a crowd going were shunted to the second half, after they'd already lost people with that AC/DC cover.

Should have seen Mbongwana Star tbh.

[Amy Lawn]

11 minutes ago, Winslow Leach said:

Should have seen Mbongwana Star tbh.

Yes, you absolutely should have.

[Gnomicide]

Madness were a huge disappointment, the Highway to Hell karaoke bit was just an embarrassment*, even they cut it short. 

Wasn't helped by people by us talking all the way through, including a lengthy conversation on how much they love Madness.

Got better when we moved away from them and they played the bigger hits towards the end. 

Hopefully they'll be a lot better at Bearded Theory next month.

*Madness based shit joke.

[Winslow Leach]

35 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

Yes, you absolutely should have.

I'd convinced myself and my friends it would be the singalong banger fest we needed after a shaky, muddy start. 

[Spindles]

To be fair, the weather was grand for Madness, I didn't mind being there, one of the best spells of sunshine of the weekend.  

[Winslow Leach]

9 minutes ago, Spindles said:

To be fair, the weather was grand for Madness, I didn't mind being there, one of the best spells of sunshine of the weekend.  

That was why we chose it over Mbongwana Star. And to be fair it wasn't enjoyable enough, just failed to go off like it did when I saw them before.

Edited April 9, 2017 by Winslow Leach

[oneeye]

6 minutes ago, Winslow Leach said:

That was why we chose it over Mbongwana Star. And to be fair it wasn't enjoyable enough, just failed to go off like it did when I saw them before.

Indeed; 2009 magic, 2016 dog w*nk 

[Winslow Leach]

4 minutes ago, oneeye said:

Indeed; 2009 magic, 2016 dog w*nk 

I meant to say was enjoyable enough, I didn't think they were terrible by any means.

 

[oneeye]

1 hour ago, Winslow Leach said:

I meant to say was enjoyable enough, I didn't think they were terrible by any means.

 

Haha, fair enough, I did think they were piss poor though compared to 2009

[clarkete]

2 hours ago, Winslow Leach said:

I meant to say was enjoyable enough, I didn't think they were terrible by any means.

 

You mean I'm w*nking this dog unnecessarily? 

[Quark]

13 minutes ago, clarkete said:

You mean I'm w*nking this dog unnecessarily? 

Ask the dog. He's probably happy enough with the situation.

[oneeye]

[Sasperella]

4 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Madness were a huge disappointment, the Highway to Hell karaoke bit was just an embarrassment*, even they cut it short. 

 

Aye, disappointing. Not least because we'd told our American friend that they were a national treasure and would be loads of fun...was all just a bit awkward!

[Quark]

39 minutes ago, oneeye said:

He's judging me. Tell him to stop judging me.

[GlastoAwe]

Genuinely surprised to see so few mentions of Ke$ha as the 'surprise' guest in the dance village on the Thursday evening back in 2011. Reminded me why I've always hated surprises.

Lana del Ray on the pyramid, such a disappointment, but helped me finally get some sleep so I suppose I can't complain. 

Also I just didn't get Haim on the pyramid back in 2013 or 14 (can't remember which!) not so much the music but the awful chat between songs!

[The Red Telephone]

49 minutes ago, oneeye said:

Easy way to get an upvote out of me - post picture of cute dog.

[oneeye]

8 minutes ago, The Red Telephone said:

Easy way to get an upvote out of me - post picture of cute dog.

He's Bruce, and he's non judgemental. 

[rubenz]

Just had a flashback to the feeling playing a cover of take on me by Aha on a gloomy pyramid stage with the rain setting in. 2008 had some ropey bands but it was my first Glasto and I loved it ( apart from the feeling, the Hoosiers and scouting for girls!)

[siblin]

On 07/04/2017 at 6:33 PM, cornish hick said:

New Order last year - I'd bigged them up to my gang of youngsters and europeans.  ended up appologising to them for it being sooo bad.

On the other hand me and a couple who came with me really enjoyed James

i wouldnt say it was bad, but i was disappointed.  I was born too late in my love of late 80s/early 90s synth and indie so i'd really got excited about seeing them.  I left thinking "yeah they were alright".  I think it was all just a bit wooden.

[siblin]

14 hours ago, GlastoAwe said:

Genuinely surprised to see so few mentions of Ke$ha as the 'surprise' guest in the dance village on the Thursday evening back in 2011. Reminded me why I've always hated surprises.

 

I would have done, but like 90% of everyone there I left as soon as she bounced on stage in disgust, so for all I know she could have pulled off her mask, revealed shes the alter-ego of Tom Jones, did an epic 3 hours set of psychedelic funk/indian sitar/krautrock/dealth metal fusion, and rounded off the set by setting off 200lbs of TNT.

[Stokesy10]

This has reminded me. One year these lads came over and asked our group if we'd just been to see "DJ Scotch Egg". We hadn't, but they told us he was the awesome. I was intrigued when I got back and had a listen to his work. Wow.